Electoral district of Dunstan
| Dunstan South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral district of Dunstan (green) in the Greater Adelaide area | |||||||||||||||
| State | South Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Cressida O'Hanlon | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Don Dunstan | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 25,411 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 15.15 km2 (5.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°54′39″S 138°38′8″E / 34.91083°S 138.63556°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Electoral District map[1] | |||||||||||||||
Dunstan is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly, covering the inner eastern suburbs of Beulah Park, College Park, Evandale, Firle, Hackney, Joslin, Kensington, Kensington Park, Kensington Gardens, Kent Town, Marden, Maylands, Norwood, Payneham, Payneham South, Royston Park, St Morris, St Peters, Stepney, and Trinity Gardens.
The electorate was created in the 2012 redistribution of electoral boundaries. It was essentially a reconfigured version of Norwood, with the electoral boundaries remaining unchanged. It is named after the 35th Premier of South Australia, Don Dunstan, who represented Norwood for Labor from 1953 to 1979. The 2010 election was the first time that Labor was in government without holding Norwood.
Following the 2016 redistribution, the cityside suburbs of Rose Park and Dulwich, previously in Bragg, were added to Dunstan.
Liberal MP Steven Marshall, the last member for Norwood, successfully transferred to Dunstan at the 2014 state election while serving as Leader of the Opposition. He was reelected with a healthy swing in 2018, becoming Premier.
Ahead of the 2022 state election, Dunstan was pushed further east, picking up the Kensington towns while losing Felixstow, Glynde, Rose Park and Dulwich. This boosted the Liberal margin to a notional 7.1 percent, making Dunstan a fairly safe Liberal seat on paper. At that election, the Liberals were defeated after only one term. Although receiving his highest vote ever Marshall himself was nearly defeated due to preferences from The Greens. As a result, Dunstan is now the most marginal seat in the legislature, with Marshall sitting on a majority of 0.5 percent.
A by-election was held for the seat in March 2024.
Members for Dunstan[edit]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Marshall | Liberal | 2014–2024 | |
| Cressida O'Hanlon | Labor | 2024–present | |
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Anna Finizio | 9,334 | 43.5 | −3.2 | |
| Labor | Cressida O'Hanlon | 6,896 | 32.1 | −3.1 | |
| Greens | Katie McCusker | 4,116 | 19.2 | +5.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Frankie Bray | 682 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Australian Family | Nicole Hissey | 440 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,468 | 98.1 | −0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 425 | 1.9 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 21,893 | 80.8 | −8.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Cressida O'Hanlon | 10,914 | 50.8 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal | Anna Finizio | 10,554 | 49.2 | −1.4 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Steven Marshall | 11,219 | 46.7 | −2.6 | |
| Labor | Cressida O'Hanlon | 8,445 | 35.2 | +6.4 | |
| Greens | Kay Moncrieff | 3,279 | 13.7 | +4.7 | |
| Family First | Tony Holloway | 1,067 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,010 | 98.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 437 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 24,447 | 89.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Steven Marshall | 12,135 | 50.5 | −6.9 | |
| Labor | Cressida O'Hanlon | 11,875 | 49.5 | +6.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −6.9 | |||
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Electoral District of Dunstan (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dunstan By-Election 2024". ECSA. Retrieved 3 April 2024.